You'll need a few snap gates to go with the cams (no point weighing yourself down with quick draws for use on dmm cams). The colour coded spectre or phantom crabs are quite spangly and can help you pick out the right cam from your rack.

As others have mentioned its worth adding a couple more 120 slings (immediately) and another set of nuts (you may get away without these to start with if you're lucky).

Ps you might consider a few shorter quick draws too. They can be useful low down on routes to cut down fall distances slightly if you ping off close to the ground. A marginal benefit, but definitely a psychological boost at times!

That will be a nice sized beginner rack which should be plenty to get going on, on single pitch granite. Start with this and see what you tend to feel that you're missing once you've been doing it a while.
You'll also have your partners rack so like others have said, if you're constantly borrowing a certain piece of kit you'll know what to treat yourself to next time you're shopping.

I was in the outdoors shop near lemon quay in Truro at Christmas ( over the dual carriageway) and they had a sale on climbing hardware. Also buying so much at the same time I'd expect a couple of freebies

I mostly use the ropes but I do carry a couple of 120cm slings. One in case I can use it as a thread on the route and one if I need to thread anything for the belay. Admittedly there are times when a 240cm would be handy but not that often. They are a bit of a pain to manage IMO.

IMO, get a couple more slings and DO get cams. Sets of 3x WC friends can go at a decent price. Any sizes in 0.5-3 range useful and you can fill in the gaps at a later date. A couple of hexes useful but don't bother with a full set.

If you're starting out, I definitely recommend getting a set of hexes. Torque nuts are great. Cheap, light and even a beginner can see when they're bomber. Cams take more experience to place and especially to judge how good a placement is. Get good at using passive gear before you start playing with cams and the experience you gain will stand you in good stead.

I personally love 120cm slings. I think they're very useful for threads, belays and as long runners on meandering routes (I take 4 with me on long stuff). 1 x 240cm is handy too. Not essential but I had one as part of my first rack and definitely got a lot of use from it. (lots of slinging boulders for belays)

I'm guessing you're going to rack those 5 x 60cm slings as slingdraws? Giving you a total of 11 draws. 5 of which you can extend if necessary?

I think your list is pretty much spot on and I wouldnt make any changes. I'd immediately look to double on wires 1-6 asap but 11 wires and 5 cams should see you fine for a while.

Hexes are crap :P stick with the cams.

Also, someone mentioned Dicks Climbing shop higher up the thread. If you're planning on buying the rack in one go. Give him a call and he'd probably be willing to cut a deal (plus his prices are pretty competitive in the first place now)

I wouldn't dismiss Hexes altogether. They are very handy for rigging abseils and belays at Pembroke but I would be reluctant to carry them on a route. I do have some Torque nuts which I quite like and prefer the smaller ones to large wedges. The largest wedge shaped nut I carry is a Rock 10.

In reply to Finlay.george: I'd say scrap the lower size cams and go for sizes 1,2,3 and 4. Small cams are handy on the harder routes but if you're starting to lead it's way more reassuring to whack a bigger cam in than fiddle with little ones! I'd also say at least 6 locking crabs - you want at least three for anchors in Cornwall, 1 for your belay device and at least one for attaching yourself to anchors. A boa is handy as it will take 2 clove hitches safely - 1 HMS Boa, 3 x HMS and 2 x D-shaped crabs.
I've got a set of hexs/torque nuts but don't seem to use them that often - did when I started but a nut usually fits in a similar place to the torque nut. Depends on your budget.
2 x 120cm slings at least and defo a 240 if not 2.
Get a bug or similar belay device and definitely prussik cord for abseils! Chat to Martin about widths of prussik cord - it depends on the size of your rope

For threads. 120s often come short and make way more than a 60 degree angle on each individual angle. They give more versatility than 120s. Also for those huge boulders you come across on large ledges at the top of the crag! I'm not saying my way is right, I just always carry them on the back of my harness for setting up. Don't ted to use the rope to set up as you never know how much you will have to set up with on the longer routes. Again, my way of climbing - doesn't have to be everyone else's.

In reply to Ban1: It's only 8mm so isn't much bigger than the 11mm 240cm slings I have, all of which are on screwgate krabs (yes, I know this is the 'numpty' way :P ). And then it just sits on the back of my harness. I'm not generally a fan of the slings-over-the-shoulder, apart from when collecting someone else's gear, but maybe I will see reason once I have to place a sling one-armed.

I'd rather all the gear, even if I only have little/no idea, and then start taking less as my amount of 'idea' increases. It's not like I climb hard enough (definitely not on trad!) for weight to be a significant issue!

It is true that the strength is reduced by about 50%, but this just means the strength goes from 'crazy strong' to 'still pretty damn strong'. I think slings are more than twice the strength of typical 6/7mm accessory cord, so I am not that worried.

Yeah 10kn should be plenty.
Anyways when they test breaking strain they don't test the slings/cords in a 3 point anchor situation so I could be wrong but by doubling up on strand you would increase strength to the system.

> But 8mm dyneema is massively less bulky than 8mm cord, so not really a fair comparison. Would anyone seriously use a 4m cordalette in 8mm? :P

I notice my 10mm 400m dyneema sling is about 15g/m, which would indeed be 4-5mm. I suspect the most commonly advocated nylon cordelette diameter is 7mm, which would be over twice the weight when dry.
(Bluewater cord...5mm=16.5g/m, 7mm=32.9g/m)

It's difficult to know how much strength reduction you'll get, if you do the common 3 piece cordelette thing you'll end up with a big overhand with 6 strands running through it. The test results you see tend to be for a 1-2 strands of material so don't really apply.

RE: Screw gates, while I have and a few, but I don't think you need more than 1-3 (1-2 if you don't use guide mode). Screw gates are heavy, I'd get the lightest you can (Petzl Attache 3Ds & WC Neons perhaps.)

> Ps you might consider a few shorter quick draws too. They can be useful low down on routes to cut down fall distances slightly if you ping off close to the ground. A marginal benefit, but definitely a psychological boost at times!